Yes Bleuravin, I think a lot of us are facing this kind of thing!
Lulu and Puzzle, you are probably right. when I got pg, much as I struggled emotionally with all the Big Changes stuff, I knew I was totally over the old life. If I hadn't got pregnant I would have had to come up with some other big dramatic change instead.
I don't know how we would manage with a career change, but - who knows anything at the moment? We just have to keep going and keep an eye out for the next thing, whatever it is.
the company I work for is probably about to be bought by the market leader in its sector, which will then dissolve our office and make our jobs redundant. (If this doesn't happen, we will probably just go under pure and simple.)
I have already worked for this other company and know a lot about it and think this would be a terrible time to join it - they have lost their way in some fundamental ways. They'll be alright for a bit, have huge momentum that will take a while to fizzle out, but they are on the way down and it is because their current senior management do not understand the reasons for their original success or how to enhance and build on it. I thought about this a lot last night (or the night before? all 4ams merge into one) and realised that while my kneejerk reaction if we get bought will be to attempt to hustle a meeting with our new overlords and present myself as the one member of staff they should keep on (despite being on maternity leave, hmmmmm), if this succeeds, I will be working for a company that I left 3 years ago for good reasons, that has got worse since.
The thing is - having the guts to think laterally.
Sorry to ramble on, I suppose I am just saying - pep talk me and tell me everything will be ok!
and, Bleur - everything will be ok